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Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, died after falling from the balcony of his home in the town of Nyahururu, Kenya.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was detained in New York on Saturday night on suspicions of committing a sexual assault on a hotel maid, is no stranger to such scandals.

Before the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Pippa Middleton was known mostly as Kate's sister.

Plans to erect a floating walkway on London's River Thames, affording spectacular views of forgotten parts of the city, got a major boost on Friday

Celebrity royalty joined Belvedere Vodka to celebrate the launch of Born This Way at an intimate performance from Lady Gaga. London's A-List including Kate Moss, Florence Welch, Erin O'Connor and Will.I.Am filled the exclusive Annabel's club to watch Gaga perform.

Watch the YouTube video showing William & Kate movie trailer.

The Libyan rebels met with U.S. officials at the White House on Friday, but the delegation failed to get recognition as the sole council to take over power.

A deranged man enters a supermarket, steals a knife, attacks a 62-year-old woman, cuts off her head, and runs away with the blood dripping head before getting caught. And all this happened in broad daylight while locals and tourists were watching.

Seventy out of 278 parks will be closed down to save money for California State, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration announced on Friday.

Twenty five years ago, on May 13, 1986, Robert Pattinson was born in London England.

Police in Ireland has arrested a converted Muslim man in Dublin on suspicions that he has threatened to kill Barack Obama when the U.S. presidents visits the Republic later this month.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron reopened the case of Madeleine McCann on her eighth birthday on Thursday. Madeleine went missing during a family holiday to Portugal on May 3 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday.

The Chelsea Flower show is a spectacle of high society; never mind the blooms

The head of al-Qaida's Yemen-based wing has vowed to fight on after the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying: What is coming is greater and worse in a statement posted on the internet on Wednesday.

Much buzz surrounded the fascinators worn at the wedding by the guests. The fascinator worn by Princess Beatrice truly caught the attention of the public. People now have the opportunity to own that very same fascinator.

HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) said it plans to save up to £2-billion (or $3.5-billion) over the next two years. by downsizing its wealth management and retail segments

The youngest son of Osama bin Laden may have escaped the U.S. commando raid on the compound in northern Pakistan where the al-Qaeda terror chief was killed, according to Pakistani security officials.

As the British National Gallery prepares to celebrate Leonardo Da Vinci and his art in November we look at the most famous Italian artists the world has ever known.

Anish Kapoor is renowned for his monumental idiosyncratic sculpture forms of grandiose proportions, which leave viewers in a state of astonishment, and his current exhibition should be no exception. From May 11 - June 23, Kapoor's 'Leviathan' will be shown in Paris, at Monumenta 2011.

Jefferies & Co. reiterated its hold rating on shares of CSR Plc (London: CSR) with a price target of 360 pence per share, ahead of the company's first quarter results on April 10.

The Portuguese will likely descend into a deep recession over the next two years, after Lisbon country signed terms of a bailout from the European Union, warned the country’s finance minister.